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    “Our children are the only treasures we can take to heaven.” Why Mennonites have large families? [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.krsc.ca/mennonites/ ]   “There are two explanatory factors: one is large families, and the second is high retention rates,” said Professor Steven Nolt, Director and Senior Scholar at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. “If you looked at the 1930s, up through about 2000, the retention rate had actually increased. There’s a case study that showed that the retention rate went from the upper 70 percent to 90 percent,” he said. https://hoptownchronicle.org/across-the-country-amish-populations-are-on-the-rise/ https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/columnists/amish-are-growing-rapidly-in-number-and-staying-put-the-scribbler/article_b3c21258-7b45-11ee-8c92-6f04da358131.html https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/population-2024/ https://amishamerica.com/2024-amish-population-passes-four-hundred-thousan...